There are encounters in life that change everything. We do not speak here of love at first sight, crushing made in Hollywood, or teacher and disciple encounters that trigger endless spiritual adventures. No sir. No ma’am. No gentlemen. This encounter is more mundane and, if it weren’t for what followed next, it might have been overlooked. It turns out that Carlos Lascano was a shoemaker since he was 13 years old. He wore the shoe in his blood, triangulated which cord on his chromosome as a shoemaker. I worked in a shoe factory called Chiaramonte. The work was stable, but a lead: stick and assemble endless military boots. Square, glowing, bureaucratic, military boots were a kick in the groin of creativity. But Lascano put his salary in his pocket every month and it seemed that he would leave his whole life there. Until the famous meeting arrived, of course. One day, he met a talented and illustrious polista today manager of the international team Las Monjitas, Guillermo Fernández Llanos. Fernández Llanos had a clothing business that included leather shoes called El Palenque.
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https://www.lanacion.com.ar/lifestyle/el-zapatero-que-se-asocio-con-pieres-y-hace-las-botas-preferidas-de-los-polistas-nid2186743